Fence



(No Model.)v

- D A RICHARDSON.

FENGE (No. 5115,01, Patented rgb. zo, 1894.

UNITED' STATES' DAVID AUSTIN RICHARDSON, OF PAULDING, OIIIO..

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,019, dated February20, 1894.

Application filed October 5, 1 893. Serial No. 487,224. (No model.) i

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVIDy YAUSTIN RICH- ARDSON, a citizen of 'theUnited States of America, residing at Paulding, in the county ofPaulding and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fences, of which the following is a specilication,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in fences of that class which canbe constructed in sections to enable the fence to be readily takenapart, moved from one`place to another and quickly set up for use inalstrong and simple manner; and to the accomplishment of these ends, theinvention consists of a fence composed of a series of panels set inzig-zag order relative to each other and coupled together at theiradjacent ends by means of binders of novel construction, said bindersbeing arrangedat the top and bottom rails of the panels and comprisingaloop having hooks `at the ends thereof, the whole binder being bentfrom a `single piece of wire andso formed that the central loop willembrace the vertical stiles on the adjacent panels of the fence whilethe hooks thereof will take the edges of the rails in a manner toconnect the panels Y securely together and at the same time per- Amitthem to be disconnected to separate the panels one from vthe other.

I have illustrated the preferred embodiment .of my invention in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilicat ion, and inwhich- `Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fence set up in conditionfor use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View showing the adjacent ends oftwo panels coupled together by my improved form of binders. Fig. 3 isa'detail per'- spective view of the binder detached from the fencepanels; and Fig. 4 is a modification.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings, referring to which- A,'B, O, D designate the panels ofthe fence which are arranged or set in zig-zag positions relative toeach other. Each panel is constructed with the rider rail a at the top,the

two bottom rails, b, the end and central stiles c fastened to the railsa, b, and the wires d stretched between the rider and bottom rails andfastened to the end and central Stiles, thus producing a panel which isof simple, cheap construction and which can be readily transported. Thepanels are assembled so that the ends of the rails and the end stiles oftwo adjacent panels abut against each other, and the ends of the railsare preferably beveled at such angles as to limit the outward relativemovement of the two panels when the binders'are applied. I employ two ofthese binders, indicated at E, E, to connect the adjacent ends of eachpair of panels, and these binders are disposed at the top and bottom ofthe panels in a manner to clamp the end stiles PATENT Ormea.-

and to fit over the edges of the rails of the adjacent panels.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a detail View of one of the binders which, itwill be noted, is bent from a single piece of stout wire to form thecentral loop e and the two side prongs or hooks f, f, which extendupward from said central loop and to one side thereof. This central loopc is designed to clamp the end stiles on the adjacent panels while theside prongs or loops-f, extend over the upper edges of the rails of thetwo panels, on opposite sides of the end stiles' thereof. In setting upthe fence, the panels are brought practically in line with each other,the binders E, F, applied to the end stiles and over the rails, and thepanels are then adjusted at an angle to each I j other so that strain isbrought on the binders to cause them to hold the ends of the two panelsfirmly together, the angular adjustment of the panels to each otherbeing limited by the beveled ends of the rails thereof coming incontact.

It will thus be seen that Iprovide a simple and cheap fence which canbequicklyerected and yhave its panels coupled together in a strongmanner to resist any strain or pressure 'that can be'brought thereonunder ordinaryv circumstances while at the same time the panels can beadjusted to release the binders and thus enable the panels to be easilyand quickly separated to transport the fence.

In the modified form I use a panel in the Jshe Stiles and the vertical["l-shaped hooks for interlocking notches at the corners and the ttingon the rails to securely bind the panels operation is the same as in theother form. together.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 1n testimony whereof I aflixmy signatureln 5 byrllletters Patent of the United States, is presenceof two witnesses.

he fence consistin(T of the panels disposed r A at an angle to eachoher, and binders for se- DAVID AUS FIN RICHARDON' curing or connectingthe panels, each binder Witnesses: being made of a single piece ofmaterial and E. V. RIDENOUR,

ro comprising the horizontal loop for encircling A. C. JACKSON.

